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Entries Tagged as ‘GE Trees’
5 February 2008
The Convention on Biodiversity, GM trees and paper consumption
The CBD report on GM trees recommends a precautionary approach to the use of GM trees. A ban would be better.
31 January 2008
Aotearoa/New Zealand: Scion’s GE trees cut down!
Scion’s trial plot of GE trees has been damaged by protesters (or perhaps by rabbits with spades).
13 November 2007
Taking the wood out of the trees – the pulp industry’s dangerous plans for GM trees
The pulp industry wants genetically modified trees with less lignin. The industry’s “solution” will make things worse.
30 October 2007
ArborGen – the world’s biggest GM tree research company plans to get bigger
ArborGen’s GM tree research in New Zealand, Brazil and the US poses a serious threat to people and forests. Yet the regulatory authorities in all three countries are ignoring the risks.
30 October 2007
European Forest Institute chooses to ignore the “overwhelmingly negative” social effects of GM trees
The European Forest Institute is in favour of research into GM trees – despite an EFI discussion paper which points out the risks and dangers.
25 September 2007
Clear as mud: FSC’s position on GM trees
What, exactly, is FSC’s position on GM trees?
27 August 2007
Sweden: Research into GE trees risks irreversible damage to forests
A Swedish scientist is leading the way in GE tree research into flowering. The risks to the world’s forests are enormous.
1 March 2005
GE Trees: No solution to climate change
The UN has included GE trees as a possible means of combatting climate change. It won’t work.
28 January 2005
GM trees and the Kyoto Protocol
An interview I did on 3CR Community Radio Melbourne. Adam Breasley asked the questions.
20 December 2004
Genetically modified trees: The ultimate threat to forests
A report by Chris Lang. Published by World Rainforest Movement and Friends of the Earth International, December 2004.
20 December 2004
Genetically modified trees: A step forward . . . in the wrong direction
By Ricardo Carrere and Simone Lovera
20 December 2004
Genetically modified trees: Introduction
By Chris Lang, published by WRM and FoEI, December 2004
1 December 2004
Does the World Bank have a position on GM trees?
Do World Bank policies allow the Bank to fund GM tree plantations? No one at the Bank seems to know.
30 November 2004
Brazil: Plantations, profits and GM trees
The pulp industry is experimenting with genetically modified trees in Brazil.
29 November 2004
Kenya: Biotechnology, eucalyptus but no GM trees
A project to plant hi-tech hybrid eucalyptus in Kenya runs into problems.
28 November 2004
USA: Potlatch Corporation, FSC certification and GM trees
Forest Stewardship Council standards do not allow the use of GMOs. What does this mean in practice?
27 November 2004
Resistance is fertile: Protests against GM trees
As the number of GM tree experiments increases, so does the strength of resistance against GM trees.
26 November 2004
International legislation and GM trees
Despite the risks, international legislation on GM trees is inadequate.
15 November 2004
Scary genetically modified trees
Presentation at TimberWatch Plantations Seminar: Durban, South Africa, 8 October 2004.
